The Dell Canvas 27-inch 'horizontal smart workspace' is now available to buy for $1,800

The massive touchscreen 'horizontal smart workspace' Dell unveiled during CES 2017 is now available to purchase, and a little bit cheaper than expected, at least for now.

Called the Dell Canvas, this 27-inch display is designed specifically for artists and other creatives who need a large visual workspace in which to edit photos, create graphics, or digitally paint. While Canvas resembles Microsoft's alternative, the Surface Studio, Dell's product is merely a very large display, meaning buyers will need to buy a PC separately to connect to the display.

Dell Canvas features a massive 27" QHD Adobe RGB touch screen designed to rest horizontally on a desk. The display is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass with an anti-glare surface. Joining the display is a pen with multiple tip options for simulating various textures—combine this pen with a total lack of input lag and you get an experience that Dell says is "as close to sketching on paper as possible."

Also available with the Canvas is a totem (knob) for accessing software menus quickly with the user's free hand. The totem can be positioned wherever is most comfortable on the screen, and it can be used alongside a second totem if desired. As for Canvas itself, users can optionally prop the display up into 'Draftsman' mode via a built-in kickstand. The kickstand can be extended in 10-degree increments up to 80-degrees.

Canvas is available now from Dell's website, where it currently starts at $1,800 thanks to a discount promotion (MSRP is $2,000). Dell offers the display with an optional VESA mount (+$200) or articulating stand (+$500), as well.

I must say i find it much more attractive as a separate display, that the surface studio, where you can't change/upgrade the PC. However, considering the prise of the surface... which is 4000 with the most high-end PC configuration, the price looks just right. Not too expensive, not too cheap either.

you could have a huge keyboard (in any language) on the screen and a touch bar as big as you like, say 4-20 lines?Even icons for gaming like that OLED keyboard demo'd a few years ago.With an unresisting surface, you'd get flat fingertips and shorter fingers in a short time.

The Lenovo IdeaCentre AIO 910 has a tilt or lay-flat 27" UHD (3840x2160) multi-touch display for only ~$1000, and that comes with the computer included. This $1800 27" lower-res display must be better in some other way I guess.

One comes with a pen and one does not but you can get one separately. Is the input resolution of a screen meant for a computer pen higher than the input resolution of a touchscreen meant for fingers? Is this a spec that can be compared numerically?

zzzzz, that endless and boring old topic, the silly cult Apple crowd storyline. Stick to that ever-so-cool Wintel platform and enjoy it. It's not so bad that anyone has to endlessly attempt to put down another platform. Be proud. You no longer need to feel inferior. It's OK. I promise! :-)

Maybe it will help push Wacom prices down to more reasonable levels. The 27" Wacom Cintiq is $2,399.95 right now with a $400 discount, normally $2,799.95. Lovely tablet, but outrageously overpriced. Wacom needs to get realistic or they could be out of business in a few years with all the more realistically priced competition coming out left and right.

I want the Cintiq Pro 16, but think it should cost $1000, not $1500. When will there be discounts on that? Or an actual price drop?

Well... 2000 instead of 2400-2800 does not look like too much pressure for me.The dell, if it will be indeed really good, will attract mostly newcomers, hobbyists and enthusiasts ... serious professionals and companies will care little about the 20% price difference, considering the brand name.

If you only need a tablet, not a tablet/screen like a Cintiq the cheap alternatives are really good from what I've heard. If you want a tablet/display, the Cintiqs are still the best, if overpriced. The serious digital painters I know seem to be loving using their iPads as a Cintiq like experience with a utility/hack. Wacom can still demand a premium, but for how long?

Why not have it shipped right to your house? I sometimes get stuff sent from NY city to Vancouver Island, Canada. There are no border penalties / taxes for this type of item. You do have to pay your applicable sales tax. You would save several hundred dollars even with the exchange rate and shipping being taken into account on this particular item. BTW: I would love one of these!

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